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I think there is an Army railroad kitchen car on the tracks in a public display in
Snoqualmie, WA. At least it was there, a year ago. Appears to be complete, too. I
think it had a wood fired stove, too. Jim
jim gilmore wrote:
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> Henry wrote:
> >I found some field kitchen trailers at a surplus yard, and have a couple of
> >questions:
> >How much are they worth, I understand condition, so say "average".
>
> Hard to put a value on them as they are a speciality item. We bought
> several from DRMO last year for about $1,500 each but it took four to make
> two complete ones. A complete Kitchen trailer with all the stoves, burners,
> cabinets, coolers, straps, screens, stairs and cooking gear will fetch
> $4,500 and up. We use ours to feed everyone at the summer rally here in
> Michigan.
>
> >IS there anything to look for especially?
>
> Try to get one that has as much of the cooking equipment in it as
> possible. The canvas awnings and screens are hard to find so try to get one
> that has them.
> The tech. manuals and parts book list all the stuff that should
> be in it. If you don't have the manuals, I have both for sale along with
> the TM's on the stoves and FM's on cooking and field/garrison mess operations.
>
> Oh, and of course I have the "secret" army recipe for S.O.S.
> too..............
>
> Jim Gilmore MVPA # 5843
>
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